Horse profile
Hold Onto The Line (IRE)
by Westerner (GB) out of Dedoctorsdaughter (IRE) (Dr Massini)
23 runs · 12 courses · from Dec 2021
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Newcastle & Musselburgh
Last run 19 Mar 2026
Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile
Hold Onto The Line is a gelding who has won five of 23 starts on turf, all in handicaps. Four of those wins came at Musselburgh and one at Newcastle, with three over 2m1f – 2m4f and two over 1m5f – 2m on good or soft ground. He won the Guinness Draught Handicap Chase at Newcastle in Mar 2025 off an official rating of 103. His last run, at Ludlow in Mar 2026, was off a mark of 100.
Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 10lb off peak
- 5–23Wins / Runs
- 21.7%Strike rate
- 7 (30.4%)Placed
- +25.83£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 1.30Fair A/E n=23 · 1.16 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 29dBetween runs (median)longest 286 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating100↓ 10lb off peak
100
91–110
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 117
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 9 | 117A | 72 | — |
| Good | 6 | 97A | 73 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 102A | 78 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 104C | 89 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 83C | 62.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 117A | 60 | 1 run · — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 12 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Led 5 (42%) · 1 win
- Prominent 5 (42%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (8%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,861 runs since Jul 2009 (945 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,418 | 431 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 2 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 2,122 | 254 | 12% | −0.1 | 1 from 10 |
| Soft | 3,783 | 453 | 12% | −0.1 | 2 from 4 |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,373 | 396 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 2 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,297 | 539 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 3 from 13 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,983 | 376 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 768 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2009 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Dedoctorsdaughter (IRE) (Dr Massini)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westofsummerhill (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.25 |
| Good | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.67 |
| Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +33.75 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 19 | 4 | 21% | −4.17 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musselburgh | 9 | 4 | 44% | +36.83 |
| Newcastle | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 3 | 23% | +29.08 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.25 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hughes | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Ryan Mania | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.75 |
| Alan Doyle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +33.33 |
| Mr James King | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Beau Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny McMenamin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aidan Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 2 | 22% | −2.25 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 8 | 3 | 38% | +34.08 |
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +37.08 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 18 | 3 | 17% | −7.50 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +33.33 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Mar 26+17d | Ludlow | EFG Harris Allday Open Hunters' Chase Broke left at the first - settled towards the back with early hesitancy over the opening fence - unable to keep up and pulled up before the 11th | PU/9 | — | 12-6 | 100 | — | — | Mr James King | 50/1 |
| 02 Mar 26+158d | Southwell | Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Open Hunters' Chase Settled at the back early - nudged into contention 3 out but lost ground and drifted left 2 out - dropped away rapidly before the last | 3/4 | 26 | 12-6 | 100 | 50C | 104C | Mr James King | 20/1 |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Sep 25+27d | Perth | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - dropped towards the back by halfway - faded before 3 out - finished 7th | 7/8 | 15 | 11-10 | 102 | 60B | 91A | Sean Bowen | 5/1 |
| 29 Aug 25+35d | Fontwell | BetGoodwin Super Tommy Cannon Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sent to the front and quickly opened a big advantage - margin narrowed after an error at the 8th - prompted by the jockey following a mistake 4 out - overtaken soon after and kept trying before fading approaching the last | 4/4 | 1½ | 11-8 | 104 | 39C | 107B | Sean Bowen | 6/4F |
| 25 Jul 25+105d | Uttoxeter | Nagaraj Rao Memorial Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Tracked the pace-setter - pressed for effort approaching 2 out - lost ground before the last - held on for 4th | 4/5 | 9 | 10-8 | 105 | 63C | 95B | Beau Morgan | 7/4F |
| 11 Apr 25+14d | Sedgefield | JK Construction Handicap Chase Set the pace early before yielding it approaching the 3rd - moved back in front after the 5th then lost the advantage at the 6th - sat close up and briefly went for the front around 4 out - pressed for effort before the last - lost momentum on the run to the line - finished third | 3/5 | 5½ | 12-0 | 105 | — | 116B | Brian Hughes | 6/4F |
| 28 Mar 25+13d | Wetherby | Bulloughs Cleaning Services Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Set the gallop - lost the lead at the 7th - urged forward after the 9th and again from 4 out - driven before 2 out - kept on at one speed from the last to finish third | 3/6 | 2 | 11-11 | 105 | 36A | 119B | Ryan Mania | 4/1 |
| 15 Mar 25+27d | Newcastle | Guinness Draught Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Set off in front from the start - pushed along after the third-last then met last but one cleanly - powered clear on the run to the line | 1/3 | 11-5 | 103 | 83C | 114C | Ryan Mania | 2/1 | |
| 16 Feb 25+14d | Musselburgh | Watch Racing TV Now Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Tracked the front group early - lost touch approaching 4 out - drifted left after 2 out - fought back close home but could find no more late holding third | 3/6 | 1½ | 11-5 | 103 | 117A | 114B | Brian Hughes | 11/4J |
| 02 Feb 25+65d | Musselburgh | bet365 Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Close to pace early - lost ground 4 out before finding renewed effort approaching 3 out - stayed on the heels of the front pair 2 out - moved into third after a stumble at the last - stuck on to the line for third | 3/10 | 6 | 10-9 | 105 | 59B | 115A | Danny McMenamin | 7/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Nov 24+29d | Musselburgh | BlueTree Boat Builders Handicap Chase Shared front spot early before going clear after the first - challenged for top spot approaching 4 out and given a squeeze - lost command 3 out - tracked winner from there - held effort well until the final flight - unable to match winner's finishing speed and beaten into 2nd | 2/7 | 4¼ | 11-10 | 105 | 78A | 119B | Ryan Mania | 13/2 |
| 31 Oct 24+14d | Newcastle | Dunes Sports Bar And Darts Handicap Chase Sat close up on rail early - down at the 4th | F/5 | — | 11-0 | 106 | — | — | Brian Hughes | 15/2 |
| 17 Oct 24+286d | Carlisle | John Budden Memorial Handicap Chase Tracked the front pack from the inner - drifted back before the 4th and fenced awkwardly to the left twice soon after - far adrift by 4 out and held on late for 5th | 5/7 | 29 | 11-1 | 107 | 62C | 83C | Brian Hughes | 10/1 |
| 05 Jan 24+62d | Musselburgh | toteracing On Twitter (not X) Handicap Chase | 1/7 | 11-11 | 106 | — | 126B | Ryan Mania | 11/4F | |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Nov 23+210d | Ayr | Invades Loves Ayr Handicap Chase | 7/12 | ¾ | 11-12 | 108 | 58A | 115A | Ryan Mania | 10/1 |
| 08 Apr 23+38d | Haydock | cavani.co.uk Bow Tie Bonanza Handicap Chase | PU/7 | — | 12-0 | 110 | — | — | Aidan Coleman | 13/2 |
| 01 Mar 23+100d | Musselburgh | Watch On Racing TV Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 4/4 | ½ | 11-5 | 110 | 104C | 105B | Brian Hughes | 6/4J |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Nov 22+241d | Musselburgh | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Chase | 1/8 | 11-10 | 103 | 102B | 127B | Brian Hughes | 11/4 | |
| 25 Mar 22+33d | Musselburgh | Go North Supported By Racing Post Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 10-4 | 95 | 97A | 111A | Alan Doyle | 10/3F | |
| 20 Feb 22+19d | Musselburgh | Bet At racingtv.com Novices' Handicap Hurdle | 1/10 | 10-13 | 91 | 102A | 111A | Alan Doyle | 33/1 | |
| 01 Feb 22+24d | Newcastle | Download The QuinnBet App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/6 | 1¾ | 11-0 | — | 89B | 88B | Alan Doyle | 20/1 |
| 08 Jan 22+19d | Newcastle | QuinnBet Free Bet For Second To The Favourite Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 7/9 | 1 | 10-5 | — | 78C | 99C | Alan Doyle | 33/1 |
| 2021 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 21 | Musselburgh | Every Race Live On Racing TV Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/5 | 7 | 10-11 | — | 72C | 96B | Alan Doyle | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hold Onto The Line won?
- Hold Onto The Line (IRE) won 5 of 23 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 21.7%. Placed 7 times in total (30.4% of starts).
- Who trains Hold Onto The Line?
- Hold Onto The Line (IRE) is trained by Mrs Jessica Botham, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 March 2026.
- Who is Hold Onto The Line's sire?
- Hold Onto The Line (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Dedoctorsdaughter (IRE), whose sire is Dr Massini.
- What going does Hold Onto The Line prefer?
- Hold Onto The Line (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hold Onto The Line's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 19 March 2026. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Hold Onto The Line's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,861 runs since Jul 2009 (945 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are Hold Onto The Line's siblings?
- Out of Dedoctorsdaughter (IRE), Hold Onto The Line (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.